{"id":1999185,"date":"2023-08-13T06:56:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T10:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-wildfires-now-deadliest-us-fire-in-past-century-at-least-93-killed\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T06:57:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T10:57:56","slug":"maui-wildfires-now-deadliest-us-fire-in-past-century-at-least-93-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-wildfires-now-deadliest-us-fire-in-past-century-at-least-93-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui Wildfires: 93 Dead, Deadliest US Fire in a Century"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaui-wildfires-now-deadliest-us-fire-in-past-century-at-least-93-killed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1999185&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u2063Maui Wildfires:\u2063 The\u2063 Deadliest in U.S. History<\/h2>\n<p>The Maui wildfires have tragically claimed \u2062the lives of 93 people, making them the\u2064 most deadly wildfires in \u2064U.S. history over the last century.<\/p>\n<p>The new death toll\u2063 update comes\u2062 from the\u2062 Maui County website, which noted\u2063 that two of the deaths have been identified.\u200c This surpasses the previous record\u200d set by the \u20622018\u200c Camp Fire in Paradise, California, which killed 85 people.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2062the number of confirmed\u2063 deaths has \u200cyet to surpass\u200b the Cloquet fire of 1918 in \u200bMinnesota and Wisconsin, which claimed at \u2063least 453\u2063 lives, the devastation in Maui is unprecedented.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/gov-newsom-sending-resources-search-and-rescue-teams-to-assist-hawaii-5459840\">Gov. Newsom Sending Resources, Search and Rescue Teams to Assist Hawaii<\/a> -\u200b 8\/11\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/up-to-1000-people-missing-on-hawaiis-maui-island-as-fires-continue-to-blaze-5458736\">Up to 1,000 People Missing on Hawaii\u2019s Maui Island as Fires Continue\u200d to \u2062Blaze<\/a> -\u200c 8\/11\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While surveying the \u200bdamage\u200c in the town, Governor Josh Green expressed his concern that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exhausted-every-option-crews-switching-to-recovery-effort-as-condo-collapse-death-toll-grows\/\" title=\"\u2018Exhausted Every Option\u2019: Crews Switching To Recovery Effort As Condo Collapse Death Toll Grows\">official death toll<\/a> is expected\u200c to rise. He described it as the worst natural disaster Hawaii has ever faced and \u2064emphasized the need to support and provide assistance\u2063 to those affected.<\/p>\n<p>Cadaver dogs\u200c continue their search for human remains,\u2064 but they have only covered 3 percent of the search area so far, according to Maui\u200d County Police Chief John Pelletier.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dmain fire ravaged Lahaina, a once-thriving historic town in western Maui that \u200cnow resembles a barren wasteland.\u2062 Firefighters are still\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-from-hawaii-wildfires-rises-to-80-as-new-fire-prompts-evacuations\/\" title=\"Hawaii wildfires claim 80 lives, new fire forces evacuations.\">battling flare-ups<\/a> in Lahaina and Upcountry Maui.<\/p>\n<h2>4,500 People in Need of Shelter<\/h2>\n<p>Approximately 4,500 people \u2062are in need of shelter, according\u200c to county \u2062officials. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Pacific Disaster Center are working to secure hotel rooms and rental properties for those who lost their\u2063 homes. Emergency shelters have already\u2064 taken\u200c in over 1,400 people.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Hawaii&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-wildfires-now-deadliest-us-fire-in-past-century-at-least-93-killed\/\" title=\"Maui Wildfires: 93 Dead, Deadliest US Fire in a Century\">emergency\u200b alert system\u200d failed<\/a> to activate the necessary\u200c sirens and reach mobile phones, televisions, and radio stations\u200c due\u2062 to \u200cpower and cellular outages. Officials have \u200cpledged to review the state&#8217;s\u200b emergency notification systems in light of these failures.<\/p>\n<p>The wildfires, which started on \u2063August \u200c8, caught residents off guard, forcing many to flee with only the clothes on their \u2063backs. Some even\u2064 sought refuge in the Pacific Ocean to survive.<\/p>\n<p>The fires were fueled by\u2064 dry conditions, strong winds from \u200bHurricane Dora, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/winter-storm-to-bring-multiple-feet-of-snow-to-rocky-mountain-region-denver-could-see-record-breaking-snowfall\/\" title=\"Winter storm to bring multiple feet of snow to Rocky Mountain region, Denver could see record breaking snowfall\">low-pressure system<\/a> \u2062near Japan. The exact causes of the fires have\u2063 yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>As the recovery efforts\u2063 continue, Lahaina \u2063and \u200bKula residents have been advised not to drink tap water \u2064and \u200bto use bottled water instead. The damage across \u200cWest Maui\u200d is extensive, with at least 2,200 buildings, including 86 percent of homes, being damaged or destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>The estimated cost to rebuild Lahaina\u2064 alone is $5.5 billion, according to FEMA.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200bthe community comes to terms with this devastating tragedy, the focus remains on \u2063providing support, rebuilding, \u200band learning from \u200dthe emergency response to prevent such catastrophic\u2063 events in the future.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press \u200cand \u200dReuters<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maui wildfires have become the deadliest in U.S. history in the past century, with 93 lives lost. The latest death toll update, provided by the Maui County website, confirms the identification of two victims. 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